Excellence Awards
May 26, 2010
Two more recipients of the 2010 PrecisionAg Awards of Excellence have been selected. Clint Jayroe and the OptiGro Team, part of the Jimmy Sanders, Inc. retail operation based in Cleveland, MS, receive the Precision Crop Adviser/Entrepreneur award. The Education/Extension...
Guidance
May 20, 2010
Hemisphere GPS recently announced the availability of new installation kits for its Outback eDriveX auto-steering system. These new kits support articulated tractors, providing more options for customers seeking precision steering and control performance. The eDriveX also now supports reverse...
Guidance
May 20, 2010
With the 10th International Conference on Precision Agriculture about two months away, program planning is winding down and the issue that are likely to be the focus of this year's gathering are coming into focus. ICPA kicks off Sunday,...
Excellence Awards
May 20, 2010
Ken Dalenberg, a Mansfield, IL corn and soybean farmer, is the 2010 Farmer Award winner in the PrecisionAg Awards Of Excellence program.
Dalenberg has played a leadership role for many years in evaluating and adopting improved crop management systems. He...
Market Watch
May 12, 2010
Highway Equipment Company, the leading manufacturer of New Leader multi-purpose agricultural spreaders, recently introduced the L4330G4 crop nutrient applicator. Engineered specifically for the AGCO RoGator chassis, the L4330G4 is a high output, large capacity spreader designed for flexibility and...
Imagery
May 6, 2010
Geospatial solutions provider RapidEye recently announced that Geosys, S.A. has signed a distributor agreement to be the sole distributor of RapidEye satellite imagery in France.
"Geosys is well established in the French geospatial market and has an excellent team dedicated...
Guidance
May 6, 2010
FalconScan, LLC, a provider of aerial imagery services to the agricultural industry, is now collaborating with the AgJunction division of GVM Inc. to offer standardized work order and data delivery solutions for aerial imagery services to growers and agricultural...
Guidance
April 28, 2010
Ag Leader Technology announced the addition of dual product control for application operations to its popular EDGE display unit.
Dual product control in the EDGE display will support sprayer control of a liquid carrier and a single injection pump. Like...
Market Watch
April 22, 2010
Trimble has for some time been working on an information management solution that would serve as connective software tissue to tie together its myriad hardware components, and 2010 is the year it will roll out in earnest.
Connected Farm is...
Industry News
April 22, 2010
Greenleaf Technologies has announced the availability of its new comprehensive Spray Nozzles and Accessories Catalog in addition to an updated website at www.turbodrop.com.
The new catalog includes all products offered, accompanied by appropriate tabulation charts, application guidelines and other informative...
Guidance
April 22, 2010
Precision practitioners wanting to start with the basics and work their way up, or who want the convenience and portability of a steering wheel mounted assisted steering system can get either with AutoFarm OnTrac2 and the AutoFarm ParaDyme roof...
Market Watch
April 22, 2010
Imagery solutions provider RapidEye announced that it has entered into a contractual partnership agreement with Metria of Gävle, Sweden. Metria will be the distributor for RapidEye satellite imagery in the Scandinavian, Baltic and Icelandic data markets, and holds the...
Market Watch
April 14, 2010
Precision agriculture students from Kirkwood Community College will be demonstrating a yield monitor simulator at the Ag Machinery Conference, May 3-5 in Cedar Rapids. Using precision ag training equipment on loan from Case-New Holland, the demonstration will be a...
Drones | UAVs
April 8, 2010
The concept of flying unmanned aircraft over fields in season to gather photos and remote imagery is nothing new, but making it into a commercial business has proven to be a challenge. AutoCopter Corp. of Charlotte, NC is trying...
Market Watch
April 8, 2010
With the most recent addition of installation kits, AutoFarm's ParaDyme GPS system is now installable on nearly all brands of farm machinery. This includes hydraulic and steer-by-wire kits for 12 models in the Deere 9000 and 8000 Series tractors....
Data Management
April 8, 2010
North Bend, NE-based CropMetrics is looking for professionally qualified crop consultants and agronomists to partner with to provide agronomy support services using its Virtual Agronomist program.
With the new Virtual Agronomist Base Management Program, CropMetrics "Precision Partners" receive all EM...
Irrigation
April 1, 2010
Lindsay Corporation, maker of Zimmatic irrigation systems, announces the introduction of FieldNET Mobile pivot control for smartphones. The new feature allows growers to fully control and monitor their irrigation pivots anywhere through the convenience of smartphones. "FieldNET...
Market Watch
March 31, 2010
To further enhance contact and communication with its user base, Ag Leader Technology launched a series of social media initiatives. The efforts kicked off recently with a posting on the company's new blog, Precision Point. Ag Leader users can...
Market Watch
March 31, 2010
HarvestMaster recently announced two releases for its Field Research Software (FRS) suite for agriculture researchers.
The new release of FRS NoteTaking and Harvest, Version 2.1, is now available to users. FRS can be used to collect electronic field notes for...
Global Ag Tech Alliance – North America
March 25, 2010
The PrecisionAg Institute's Learning Center at Commodity Classic provided ample opportunity to learn from growers and experts about the profitability and efficiency benefits of using precision agriculture practices amd technologies....
